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Jinn and Tonic

I’ve written about jinn before, but something I don’t think I’ve touched on is the different varieties among them. As with a lot of attempts to categorize mythical beings, there’s no real consensus on this. I just finished G. Willow … Continue reading →

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Quran So Far Away

I’ve now read through the Quran, mostly using this translation. I know it’s really only considered authentic in Arabic, but I can’t read that language. Discussing Islam can be kind of awkward, especially because the amount of Islamophobia in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Arabian, Book Reviews, Christianity, Gnosticism, History, Islam, Judaism, Language, Magic, Middle East, Mythology, Religion | Tagged abraham, adam and eve, angels, antisemitism, bible, demons, elephants, ezra, heaven, hell, homosexuality, iblis, islamophobia, jesus, jihad, jinn, jorge luis borges, joseph, king solomon, mecca, muhammad, paradise, quran, sabbath, satan, satanic verses, the book of imaginary beings, virgin mary, war |

What a Piece of Crap Is Man

It’s interesting that Satan’s rebellion against God has become such a significant part of the mythology of the Abrahamic religions, when there isn’t a whole lot of support for the idea in the Bible. It’s described in Revelation, but the … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Focus on the Foes, Islam, Judaism, Mythology, Religion, Snobbery, Zoroastrianism | Tagged adam and eve, angels, archangel michael, beliar, bible, devil, garden of eden, genesis, gospel of nicodemus, hell, iblis, jesus, jinn, life of adam and eve, lucifer, questions of bartholomew, quran, revelation, salpasan, satan, seth, shaitan, st. bartholomew, the apocalypse of moses, tree of life |

Goats for Azazel

While there are many different ways of depicting the Devil, it’s quite common to show him with the features of a goat. Why a goat? After all, the Bible says that Satan appears as an angel of light, not a … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Authors, Christianity, Discworld, Greek Mythology, Islam, Judaism, Mythology, Religion, Terry Pratchett | Tagged 1 enoch, angels, azazel, bible, day of atonement, devil, goats, gospel of matthew, iblis, jesus, leviticus, om, pan, satan, sheep, small gods, zeus |